When congressional Republicans allowed pandemic-era enhanced health insurance subsidies to expire at the end of last year, Georgia Democrats and at least one notable Republican warned that a spike in premiums for Affordable Care Act plans would cause many Georgians to lose their coverage.
New data obtained this week from the Current GA and the Georgia Recorder shows the losses are worse than expected. More than a half million Georgians have dropped their health insurance coverage, representing a 37% enrollment decline from January 2025 to April 17.
Georgia Democrats blasted their colleagues across the aisle anew for letting the subsidies expire while Republicans interviewed for this story largely sidestepped questions about the enrollment drop.
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